Ai Weiwei’s new edition will be available
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Artist, Ai Weiwei released his new print “Bomb” today via The Kitchen.
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In partnership with the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Ai Weiwei has created the limited edition print, Bombs, on the occasion of the Museum's exhibition Ai Weiwei: Bare Life (September 28, 2019–January 5, 2020).
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Last night while scrolling through Paddle8’s website, this beautiful painting with a yellow face yelled at me “Let me tell you something!” - Fire Marshall Bill voice lol. So as I admire the piece I happened to notice that the artist name of the piece is the one and only Jim Carrey, Yes ! Jim Carrey the actor. For those that didn’t know, Jim has been painting for many years and his work is amazing. Carrey had a mini documentary which debuted his art work in 2017 called “I Needed Color” where he opens up about channeling his sadness into art. It was awesum trust me !
But back to this painting, the piece is called “Out Of Nowhere-Eva” which was executed in 2016. Sadly I cannot afford the piece due to the starting bid of 50K, but for those that can check out the CORE auction at Paddle8 to see other great works that was contributed from amazing artists like Swoon and Ai WeiWei for a great cause.
Link - https://paddle8.com/auction/core
CORE: Community Organized Relief Effort, is the non-profit organization dedicated to saving lives and strengthening communities affected by or vulnerable to crisis. Within hours of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, founder Sean Penn mobilized a powerful network to take immediate action. Since then, the organization has expanded beyond Haiti to work with communities in Puerto Rico, the Caribbean, and the United States impacted by natural disasters. - Paddle8
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Papercutting is a traditional Chinese art going back 2,000 years. The colored, intricately cut papers are used in festivities, for prayers, and as everyday decoration. In this exclusive papercut portfolio, Ai Weiwei employs the medium to reflect on his life and work.
These eight papercuts, exclusively created for TASCHEN, are now presented in a limited edition on large-format, high-quality red paper. Each papercut is signed by the artist and collected in a portfolio accompanied by explanatory notes by Chin-Chin Yap, who has extensively worked with Ai Weiwei, most recently as a writer and co-producer on several films. Through these eight pieces, Ai offers a beautiful, personal retrospective in a unique format.
Medium: Portfolio of eight papercuts, in clothbound clamshell box. - New Start Editions
Size: 60 x 60 cm each
Collector's edition of 250 portfolio's
All prints are signed by Ai Weiwei. The portfolio is numbered.
Price: € 14,500
Price increases as edition sells out. Expected delivery: October 2019.
This limited edition Ai Weiwei papercut portfolio is exclusively available for pre-order at Taschen HERE
- JM
Instagram - @Jayawesum @Leagueoto
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For the exhibition at K20/K21 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Ai Weiwei has created a new photographic self-portrait, which depicts the artist in a brisk stride. Ai pays homage to Joseph Beuys as he quotes his famous poster “La rivoluzione siamo Noi” from 1971. When the artist once again raises the question of revolution almost 50 years later, his knowledge of the mythologizing perspective regarding the connection between art and politics resonates.
Medium: Inkjet print on Canson PJ poster paper matt, 180 g / m²
Size: 190 × 100 cm
Edition of 180 + 10 AP
Signed and numbered
Price: € 2.400
You can order this limited edition Ai Weiwei print via email at the Kunstsammlung NRW, Germany.
- JM
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Awesome Ai Weiwei pieces are up for grabs -
https://www.wengcontemporary.com/shop/product/study-of-perspective-in-glass-set-of-6
DETAILS
Technique:Murano Glass casting
Year:2018/19
Edition Size:100
Dimensions: 3.5 x 4.9 x 3.9
Signed and numbered on certificate - Price - $7K each $42K for the setoff 6
Ai Weiwei’s middle finger has been a recurrent theme in the artist production. His photographic series, Study of Perspective (from 1995 onwards), encourages questioning towards governments, institutions and establishments. Ai’s middle finger in flipping of the bird gesture in front of symbols of power across the globe, from the Tiananmen Square to the White House, makes explicit the artist’s rejection of any form of oppression against human freedom. With a raise of his middle finger, Weiwei champions the social responsibility and the importance of standing for our own values and not those created by others.
This precious edition of 100 Study of Perspective in Glass (2019) in six different colours nods to the series Study of Perspective, pointing out to the artist’s deepest beliefs regarding freedom of speech and democratic values. The translation in Murano glass of the iconic Ai Weiwei’s middle finger in six different colours, is powerful and yet elegant. The sculptures, made out from the artist´s own hand cast, embody the deep and engaged message of Study of Perspective series in an edition of precious material and superlative craftsmanship: the innate light and airy qualities of the glass melt with the sturdiness of the design producing a rare effect of beauty and mystic power. - Weng Contemporary
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